Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 44,880, Ezekiel Gee, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
Yee, Ezekiel
S. 44880
B.L. 1468-100.
CONTENTS

8176.
4
New York.
Ezekiel Gu,
of Hancock in the state of N. York who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Leutner of the New York line, for the term of three years — 1780
Inscribed on the Roll of Rhode Island at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 23 of May, 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 th of March 1819 and sent to Isaac Ogden Esq. New York
Arrears to 4th of Dec. 1819 75. 46 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 th Sept. 1819 48. 00
$123.46
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued
Notified on roll in 1820 to B. Phelps, Depts. M. P. Duplicate Certificate issued 9 th April 1828, and sent to Hon. S. G. Habbie, Hovey, Dept.

Ezekiel Yu
2176
24/11/199

County this sixth day of September 1820
H. R. Phelps in Dep CLK

State of New York County of Delaware.
Be it remembered that on this thirtieth day of August 1820 personally appeared before the Court of Common Pleas holden at Delhi in and for the County of Delaware, being a Court of record and so declared by acts of the Legislature of the State of New York aforesaid at this then August Term of said Court. Ezekiel Gee living in the town of Hancock in said County of Delaware who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that the exact age of this deponent is to him unknown and that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows that in the month of June 1781 he enlisted in a Company Commanded by Captain Benjamin Walker in a regiment Commanded by Colonel Philip Van Cortland being at that time the 2 d New York regiment, as a private for during the war that on the twenty third day of May 1818 he made his original declaration for a pension and that he has received a Certificate numbered 8.176.
And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident Citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of March 1818, and that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner disposed of any property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war" passed on the 18 th of March 1818, since that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities, contracts or debts due to me nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed signed by me subscribed
Ezekiel his Gee mark
Sworn in open Court This 30 August 1820 H. R. Phelps Clerk

Schedule
No real estate whatever -
2 small pigs. 1 note of $14.00 due from William Foad. He is insolvent. The note has run for five years. 1 hen & 22 chickens. 1 Sack-Knife (old) I have no bedding & no more clothing than what is necessary for myself. I also have about 60 hills of corn and 60 hills of potatoes the donation of Mr. Boucher.
I have no family whatsoever. The chief part of my time I live with Daniel Boucher partly with other neighbors. depending chiefly upon their charity for support. I have no trace, by occupation a common laborer. My ability to work is very poor owing to a very bad rupture. My health otherwise is tolerably good.
his Ezekiel X Gee mann
I Homer R Phelps Deputy Clerk of the County of Delaware do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the Schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the records of the said Court And I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is six dollars and fifty cents -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas of said

N o 1468
Ebenezer Glee
Pr.
N. York
to Hon S. R. Hobbie
N. York
By an inspection of Glee's papers in the Pension office it will be seen he was older than is stated in this

DEPARTMENT OF WAR.
Regulations for the Officers and Soldiers of the Revolutionary War who acquired a right to Land from the United States, but have not received it.
By an Act of Congress, of the 16th September, 1776, it is provided, that the Officers and Soldiers who engaged for, and continued to serve, during the War, or until discharged by Congress, shall receive land in proportion to their rank.
N. B. Those who engaged for three years, or for any other period than during the war, are not entitled to land from the United States.
The following declaration must be filled up and sworn to by the claimant:
State of New York
County of Delaware ss. }
I, Ezekiel Gee aged Fifty six years, do, upon oath, testify and declare, that, in the year one thousand seven hundred and Eighty two I enlisted for the term of "during the war," and served in the regiment No. Two under the command of Colonel Van Cortlandt of the New York line; and that I continued in the service aforesaid until the close of the war, when I was regularly discharged from the said regiment, commanded by Colonel Van Cortlandt
I further declare, that I have never received a warrant for the Bounty Land promised to me on the part of the United States; nor have I ever assigned or transferred my claim in any manner whatsoever: therefore,
Know all men by these presents, that I, Ezekiel Gee aforesaid, do hereby constitute and appoint Sarah R. Robbins to be my true and lawful attorney, for me and in my name to demand and receive from the Secretary of War of the United States, a warrant for the quantity of Land due to me as aforesaid; and my said attorney is hereby fully authorized and empowered to constitute and appoint one or more substitutes or attorneys under him, for the special purposes above expressed.
Attest, J. W. Knapp
Ezekiel Gee his mark
I, Daniel Bowker aged Sixty two years, do, upon oath, declare that I have been long acquainted with Ezekiel Gee who has subscribed the above declaration in my presence, and well know that he is the identical person he therein represents himself to be; and further, I know, or do believe, that he did perform the military service therein stated.
Attest, J. W. Knapp
Daniel Bowker
Before me, James W. Knapp a justice of the Peace in and for the County of Delaware personally appeared the above named Ezekiel Gee subscriber to the foregoing declaration, and in my presence acknowledged the power of attorney thereto subjoined, to be his free act and deed; and, likewise, personally appeared Daniel Bowker who hath subscribed the above certificate of identity, both to me well known to be men of respectability and truth, and made solemn oath to the truth of the depositions by them respectively subscribed, this tenth day of January 1829
J. W. Knapp Justice of the Peace.
In testimony that the abovewritten James W. Knapp was a magistrate authorized to administer oaths, and take acknowledgments, &c., in the State of New York at the above date, and that his name there subscribed appears to me to be his usual signature, I have hereunto affixed the county seal, and subscribed my name and quality, at Delhi Delaware Co this 12th day of January 1829
Daniel Gould Deputy C. Clerk, &c.

Ezekiel Lee's Application for a Pension
Correct by all
Admitted
for pension Pension cert.

State of New York Delaware County } ss:
On this twenty third day of May one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, before me the Subscriber, came Ezekiel Gee aged forty nine years & upwards who being by me first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following decl- -aration in order to obtain the provision made by the Act of Congress entitled, "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land & Naval service of the United States in the Revolution- ary War" That in the Month of April in the year 1780 He enlisted as a private soldier into the company commanded by Capt. of the New York State Line Benjamin Walker in the Second Regiment, under command of Colonel Philip Van Courtlandt - That his enlistment was for during the War, that He served until the end of the war when He was regularly discharged. but that He believes his discharge is at his fathers house in Peekskill about one hundred & fifty miles from the place of this deponents residence, which is in the Town of Hancock, in this County & State aforesaid. That his duty while in service was that of waiter (being young) to Captain Benjamin Walker, except in summer He drove a team & waggon two seasons in succession that He was at the Siege of Yorktown & Surrender of Cornwallis, but no other action - And that He is in reduced circumstances & stands in need of the assistance of his Country for support - and that He has no further evidence of his said services now in his power - Subscribed & sworn to this 23rd day of May 1818 before me Isaac Ogden First Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Delaware Ezekiel D Gee

I Isaac Ogden First Judge of the court of Common Pleas &c. do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Ezekiel Gee residing in the Town of Hancock in the County of Delaware aforesaid etc did serve in the Revolu- tionary War as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy and I hereby tran- smmit the proceedings & testimony taken & had before me to the Secretary for the War Dep- artment pursuant to the aforementioned Act of Congress Dated Walton 23 rd May 1818
Isaac Ogden
In testimony that Isaac Ogden is first Judge as aforesaid and that he subscribed his name to the foregoing affidavit and certificate I have affixed the seal of said court this 4 th June 1818
H. R. Phelps Dep. Clerk
I Isaac Ogden first Judge as aforesaid do certify that Ezekiel Gee  the said it satisfactorily appears to me that Ezekiel Gee is in re- duced circumstances and that he stands in need of the assistance of his country for support, and I hereby transmit the same to the Secretary of War pursuant to the act aforementioned. Dated Jan. 1 st 1819
Isaac Ogden

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Ezekiel Gee a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his ( or his widow's ) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau.
S 44,880
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Apr. 1780 2 yrs & 4 mo. Major Remuster Benjamin Walker Philip Van Cortland 2 NY.                                                   
Battles engaged in, Siege + surrender of Yorktown.
Residence of soldier at enlistment,
Date of application for pension, May 23, 1818.
Residence at date of application, Hancock, Delaware Co. NY.
Age at date of application, 49 years + upwards.
Remarks: In 1818 he stated that he believed his dish. was at his father's house in Puckkill - father's name not at all. No birth or family data.
Very respectfully,
1815 169- 1781 1769 1793 Commissioner.

1913 May 14. History to Chas H. Browning letter in S. 42,220 John Rush. &
44880
Key INVALID.
File No. 44880
Ezekiel Gee
Priv Rev. War
Act: 18 th March 1818
Index:—Vol. 3 , Page 191
[Arrangement of 1870.]

N o . 1468 — Ezechiel Egee recd. for it

Robert Taylor Esq.
Act. of Bounty Lands
Depart. of War
Present

W. Hobbie acknowledges the receipt of a Land Warrant No. 1468 in favor of Ezekiel Lee a private in the New York line Received to day
Feb. 5. 1829 —

To
Robert Taylor Esq. of the Bounty land office War Department Present

House of Reps. - Jan. 31. 1829
Robert Taylor Esq.
Sir;
The statement of Mr. Gee's age in his papers at 56 must be a gross mistake, either of himself or of the person who filled up the blanks in those papers.
Mr. Gee (Ezekiel Gee) has been for many years a pensioner under the law of 1815. The papers made out on the application for that pension will show what his age is, in greater accuracy it is presumable, than the papers in this case. He was then younger - his mind stronger - and I presume his clerk a more accurate one.
I have been provided by the Receipt Co.

With kindest regards from visiting the Pension Head, in order to ascertain what his age & hereafter resulted at.
I know Mr. Geo very well - and I know the applicant on this card to be the identical Ezekiel Geo who is a pensioner in Mr. Edwards office.
Yours &c.
J. R. Hobbs

Ezekiel Guel - N.Y.
appl n for a
New Certificate
Hon S. R. Hobbs H.R.
dep o 9 April 1828

State of New York } County of Delaware } ss. On this Sixth day of March 1828 before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace for the said county of Delaware personally appear- ed Daniel Bowker who on his oath declares that he well knows Ezekiel Gee who has this day made oath before James W. Knapp of having last lost his Pension certificate and that the said Ezekiel Gee did on or about the Summer of 1824 leave the said certificate with the children at his house and the said children to his knowledge destroyed the said certificate Sworn and subscribed to before me } DANIEL BOWKER the day and year aforesaid } J. W. Knapp Justice of the Peace
I certify that the above deponent Daniel Bowker is a person of veracity and a credible witness James W. Knapp Justice of the Peace

In testimony that James W. Knapp — was on the seventh day of March 1828 a Justice of the peace in & for the County of Delaware duly qualified & commissioned
That the signature "James W. Knapp —
to the foregoing affidavits & certificates is the proper hand writing of the said James W. Knapp — To the best of my knowledge & belief, I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the Seal of the County of Delaware, at the Clerk's office thereof at New be in said County this Eighth day of March 1828 —
J. E. Burhans C. R.

APPLICATION FOR A NEW CERTIFICATE.
State of New York } County of Delaware } ss.
On this sixth day of March 1828, before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the said county of Delaware personally appeared Ezekiel Gee who, on his oath, declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain Benjamin Walker in the regiment commanded by Colonel Philip Van Cortland in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the pension roll of the state of New York that he received a certificate of that fact, under the signature and seal of the Secretary of War: which certificate, on or about the Summer
day of 1824, at the  the house of Daniel Bowker he left the said certificate where as the said Bowker states the said certificate was destroyed by the children
Sworn and subscribed to. before me, the day and year aforesaid.
Ezekiel Gee his mark
James W. Knapp, Justice of the Peace
Certify that the above deponent Ezekiel Gee is a person of veracity La credible witness — James W. Knapp Justice of the Peace
NOTES.—The last four blanks are left for the applicant to set forth the time, place, and manner of the loss or destruction of the original certificate.
The oath to be taken before a duly qualified magistrate, whose official character and signature must be properly authenticated.
If the pensioner has never received a formal certificate, but has drawn his pension on a mere notification, as was the case in a few instances many years ago, he should leave out the above words in italics, and insert, in lieu thereof, "but has never received a formal certificate, and now wishes to obtain one."
The pensioner's oath must be supported by the evidence of another person as to identity. The person must swear that he well knows him to be the same person described in the above affidavit. The magistrate must certify that the deponent is a person of veracity. This oath must also be authenticated by the certificate of the proper officer, under his seal of office, setting forth that the officer before whom the affidavit may be made is a Justice of the Peace, Judge, or Notary Public, as the case may be.
When a person acting as an Agent or Attorney for a Pensioner, loses the certificate, the affidavit of that person is also required, which must be authenticated as above.
I certify that the above Ezekiel Gee makes his mark for the want of execution he says J. W. Knapp J. Peace

State of New York County of Delaware } ss. On this Sixth day of March 1828 before me the subscriber a justice of the peace for the said county of Delaware personally appeared Charles Knapp who on his oath declares that he well knows Ezekiel Lee the person who has subscribed & taken the foregoing affidavit to be the pensioner and same person described in the foregoing affidavit.
Sworn & subscribed to before me the day & year aforesaid
Charles Knapp
James W. Knapp Justice of the peace
I certify that the said Charles Knapp who has subscribed & sworn to the above affidavit is a person of veracity & credible witness. James W. Knapp Justice of the peace